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According to discussion with the EP London office and EUR-OP in Luxembourg the publication of the printed version of EP debates (EP Hansard) is continuing. There was apparently some discussion last year about discontinuing publication but this idea was subsequently abandoned. However, they are some 15 months behind in their publication - the latest one to appear is December 1997, so the EP's web site is still the source for recent debates. In message <[log in to unmask]>, Grace Hudson <[log in to unmask]> writes >There was some discussion in November '98 about the continued >availability of the EP Debates and in January '99 I sent out a message >to the list that - as I then understood - the Debates would no longer >be available either on microfiche or in print, but only on the European >Parliament web site. > >The resume of publications supplied to EDC has the following note: > >"Following a decision of the EP, the Debates and Reports (microfiches) >are no longer produced starting 1998. They are available on the >Internet: http://www.europarl.eu.int" > >This does not actually specify discontinuation of the printed edition. > >OOPEC are still offering a subscription to the printed version, so >although nothing more recent than the December '97 issue has yet been >published, it seems that the intention is to continue in print ... >unless someone out there knows different? > >Grace Hudson >---------------------- >Grace Hudson >EDC, J.B. Priestley Library >University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP >Tel: (01274) 233402 Email: [log in to unmask] > > -- Rohan Bolton Editor, Vacher's European Companion Tel: 01494 766967 Fax: 01494 766916 E-mail [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%